Paragraph 8: Disputes relating to the conduct of electoral operations

Until the expiry of the time limit for appealing against the electoral operations or, where an appeal has been lodged, until all avenues of appeal have been exhausted, the media files including copies of the source programmes and executable programmes, the voting materials, the tally, results and back-up files and all the personal data recorded on the processing system referred to in Article R. 7343-3 shall be kept under seal,…

The challenge provided for in article L. 7343-10 must be made within fifteen days of the posting of the results referred to in article R. 7343-54, by any elector or any representative of a candidate organisation in the sector of activity for which the challenge is made, failing which it will be inadmissible. The challenge is made by petition under the conditions laid down in articles 54 and 57 of…

The court shall rule within a period of one month from the date of referral, after having notified all interested parties fifteen days in advance by delivery against receipt or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. If the signed acknowledgement of receipt is not returned to the court registry, the notification shall be deemed to have been made at the parties’ domicile on the day it is first presented….

The decision of the judicial court may be the subject of an appeal to the Court of Cassation lodged, investigated and judged under the conditions provided for by the Code of Civil Procedure in matters of professional elections. The parties are exempted from the requirement to appear before the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de Cassation.

The time limits set by articles R. 7343-56, R. 7343-57 and R. 7343-58 are calculated and extended in accordance with the provisions of articles 640 to 642 of the Code of Civil Procedure.